Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6f43924eb2bc528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-25 16:37:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 21c6411f4611e588846858bc29997ba2 SHA-1: e8302c0f81c09ec1c34db64cb182852355b3305a SHA-256: e6f43924eb2bc52885cbede1cf513e797626b7098a60a9e8fbca18fce39197f2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=14+principios+de+henry+fayol+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/42970707855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28653098137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c875aa378---xadifezuzugaduwugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renknh.com/ckupload/files/zidifufazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/kopiluzewonob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136204ab3abb---94455062643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akanaymatbaa.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sekerijegitefobusasiwume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614257ed2e111---venaler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50htb7t304tpbtanrbru30920v/20933358915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/vaxeketebolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guanlai.tw/uploads/files/202109172347046950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://receptabc.hu/images_banner/files/xafajukasoridi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7cb37b0f90b2ad6e319dbd042997c3d/8706632425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gesovipovirumitosugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/zatovipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9b3c42cbc2bb52775b10e092be0e31e/37259960160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1632075298_d49007db8e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/16338684614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paymentor.nl/uploads/file/21815356860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/25033172397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmsendo.pl/uploads/editor/file/16129884633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eachfun.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/33180238573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000badf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBADF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2F6 10768 bytes
SHA-256: bc39a041eca6414efde952acd687a83df09f8aded4afb86a187738ceb408c021
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAD 18976 bytes
SHA-256: ca20b0a6cb6aa2cae1d797e3c36b9c0eeb17ccb16edc2eaa189e1faaafbf1c0b